By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the particles that make up our universe
Por: Lindsey Valich, University of Rochester, Phys.org. Acesse aqui a matéria original.
In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) outlined a method to shape intense laser light in a way that accelerates electrons to record energies in very short distances: the researchers estimate the accelerator would be 10,000 times smaller than a proposed setup recording similar energy, reducing the accelerator from nearly the length of Rhode Island to the length of a dining room table. With such a technology, scientists could perform tabletop experiments to probe the Higgs boson or explore the existence of extra dimensions and new particles that could lead to Albert Einstein's dream of a grand unified theory of the universe. Saiba mais...
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